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York, Pa. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's team handed York College of Pennsylvania a one-goal defeat Saturday afternoon for the second time in 10 days. Senior captain Zoe Smedley's (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) second goal of the season proved to be the difference as No. 6 seed St. Mary's (8-10-1) posted a 1-0 triumph over the third-seeded Spartans (8-10) to gain a spot in the 2018 Capital Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Championship Semifinals.

As the sixth seed, the Seahawks will head to Fredericksburg, Va., to face second-seeded University of Mary Washington on Wednesday, October 31. Mary Washington tallied a 4-0 win over the Seahawks on October 6 in Seahawk Stadium.

St. Mary's 1, York 0

How It Happened

York edged the Seahawks, 15-10, in shots, including an 11-3 advantage in the second half, while doubling them up, 6-3, in corner kicks.

Senior captain Katie Flores (Towson, Md./Towson) notched six saves, three in each half, for her fourth shutout as Flores and the St. Mary's defensive backline put on another solid performance.

The Seahawks came out strong in the first half, owning a 7-4 shot advantage, but all of Jess Wieber's four stops happened in the first 45 minutes, sending the two sides into halftime in a scoreless draw.

St. Mary's finally broke the stalemate in the 62nd minute when Smedley, outside the box, found the right side of the goal off a pass from sophomore forward Alex Moody (Boxford, Mass./Masconomet Regional).

The Spartans had scoring opportunities in the 67th, 77th, and 79th minutes, which Flores turned away.

For the Seahawks

Scorers: Smedley (1 goal); Moody (1 assist)

Goalkeeper: Flores (6 saves, 0 goals allowed, 90:00)

For York

Scorers:None

Goalkeeper:Wieber (4 saves, 1 goal allowed, 90:00)

Notes

This is the eighth time in program history St. Mary's has blanked the Spartans.

The Seahawks improve to 18-9-3 in the series, which began in 1994, and have won three in a row over York.

Mary Washington holds a 27-8-8 advantage in the series, which began in 1986. The Seahawks hope to repeat last year's results in which St. Mary's lost to the Eagles in the regular-season but then beat them when it mattered most in the CAC Tournament.